Chief Minister’s entourage on B’lore inspection jatha

Chief Minister’s entourage on B’lore inspection jatha
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“If it takes more than two years to build a 60-ft tower (Kempegowda Gopura), how can we dream of developing a city as big as Bangalore in a short time - quipped Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, soon after inspecting various development works of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) on Saturday...

“If it takes more than two years to build a 60-ft tower (Kempegowda Gopura), how can we dream of developing a city as big as Bangalore in a short time - quipped Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, soon after inspecting various development works of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) on Saturday.

The traffic came to a halt throughout the City even as a long convoy of cars, vans and jeeps followed the special bus carrying the Chief Minister, his cabinet colleagues, MLAs and MLCs, mayor, corporators, the commissioner and BMP officials. After the three-hour inspection of the “IT-BT roads”, Kempegowda Gopura, the rejuvenated Ulsoor and Sankey tanks, a sky-walk near Maharani’s College and SJP road and Krishnaraja Wodeyar Park, the final halt was at Town Hall, where the ‘Suvarna Khata’ was released by the Chief Minister.

Greater Bangalore


Not willing to miss an opportunity to clarify his stand on the Greater Bangalore project, Mr Kumaraswamy said, “Brihat Bengalooru was inevitable. We faltered in 1975-76, when we created seven city municipal councils for better administration. But we failed to foresee the pressure that would be exerted on the core area. Today, we have failed to provide basic infrastructure within the City. This has raised doubts over the feasibility of Greater Bangalore.

“We have no ill intention to postpone the BMP elections. Holding the civic body elections is left to the discretion of the State Election Commission. I know many councillors feel that the state government is trying to curtail their rights. But it is not true,” said Mr Kumaraswamy.

CM slams officials

Taking a dig at the government officials, the Chief Minister said, “I see officials on foreign tours for one to two months in a year. What do they study there and replicate back home? Bangalore needs no external funds, if everyone involved in the development process stops being greedy. Many government properties are being misused and documents destroyed. We need to take stern action against the guilty.”

“Can’t we set a deadline for each development project and stick to it. This way, we can escape the cost escalation problems,” he said.

The next in the line of fire was the media for giving ‘negative publicity’ to the City.

“All metros - be it Chennai, Mumbai or Delhi, are facing similar traffic and infrastructure problems. But Bangalore is the victim of bad publicity, which could be a ploy to deter investors,” said Mr Kumaraswamy.Chief Minister’s entourage on B’lore inspection jatha
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“If it takes more than two years to build a 60-ft tower (Kempegowda Gopura), how can we dream of developing a city as big as Bangalore in a short time - quipped Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, soon after inspecting various development works of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) on Saturday...

“If it takes more than two years to build a 60-ft tower (Kempegowda Gopura), how can we dream of developing a city as big as Bangalore in a short time - quipped Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, soon after inspecting various development works of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) on Saturday.

The traffic came to a halt throughout the City even as a long convoy of cars, vans and jeeps followed the special bus carrying the Chief Minister, his cabinet colleagues, MLAs and MLCs, mayor, corporators, the commissioner and BMP officials. After the three-hour inspection of the “IT-BT roads”, Kempegowda Gopura, the rejuvenated Ulsoor and Sankey tanks, a sky-walk near Maharani’s College and SJP road and Krishnaraja Wodeyar Park, the final halt was at Town Hall, where the ‘Suvarna Khata’ was released by the Chief Minister.

Greater Bangalore


Not willing to miss an opportunity to clarify his stand on the Greater Bangalore project, Mr Kumaraswamy said, “Brihat Bengalooru was inevitable. We faltered in 1975-76, when we created seven city municipal councils for better administration. But we failed to foresee the pressure that would be exerted on the core area. Today, we have failed to provide basic infrastructure within the City. This has raised doubts over the feasibility of Greater Bangalore.

“We have no ill intention to postpone the BMP elections. Holding the civic body elections is left to the discretion of the State Election Commission. I know many councillors feel that the state government is trying to curtail their rights. But it is not true,” said Mr Kumaraswamy.

CM slams officials

Taking a dig at the government officials, the Chief Minister said, “I see officials on foreign tours for one to two months in a year. What do they study there and replicate back home? Bangalore needs no external funds, if everyone involved in the development process stops being greedy. Many government properties are being misused and documents destroyed. We need to take stern action against the guilty.”

“Can’t we set a deadline for each development project and stick to it. This way, we can escape the cost escalation problems,” he said.

The next in the line of fire was the media for giving ‘negative publicity’ to the City.

“All metros - be it Chennai, Mumbai or Delhi, are facing similar traffic and infrastructure problems. But Bangalore is the victim of bad publicity, which could be a ploy to deter investors,” said Mr Kumaraswamy.